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You can't use webp on Reddit, Instagram, and hundreds of other websites. Which is ironic because some of them serve images as webp.

• wltr 1y ago
  That doesn’t mean it’s dead, it rather shows sheer incompetence of the web dev departments of these wonderful companies for whom webp or avif aren’t images, I guess.
  • PaulHoule 1y ago
    Instagram's image uploading interface is klunky compared to Mastodon which is entirely unfunded.
    • echelon 1y ago
      This shows the unfortunate power of distribution. It doesn't matter if the alternative is technically superior once the majority use the mainstream thing.
• socalgal2 1y ago
  Just tested reddit. It works fine with .webp I don't have an instagram account
  • echelon 1y ago
    Try https://www.reddit.com/settings/profile https://www.reddit.com/settings/profile There are so many uneven areas of Reddit where WebP doesn't work. Old reddit, profile support, mod tools, etc.
    • kccqzy 1y ago
      I'm convinced that this is because of the prevalent MVP culture in modern software engineering. Instead of holistically looking at a new feature request such as "support webp images" we break it down into parts (e.g. "serve webp" "accept webp upload here" "accept webp upload there") and then we call it a MVP when only the highest priority items are done.
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